life nudges
Short stories, thoughts, wisdom, quotes and inspiration to guide you into a wholesome direction.
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life nudges
Just like in the myths, life is made of cycles of being lost and finding ourselves again.
-Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, of independence of mind, even in such terrible conditions of psychic and physical stress. We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof th
... See moreViktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
– Theodore Isaac Rubin
Parents often say, “I’d die for my child.” I heard a few of the parents in the grief group express the wish to trade places with their deceased children—to die so their children could live. After the war, I felt the same way. I would have gladly died to bring my parents and grandparents back.
But now I know that instead of dying for my dead, I can l
... See moreEger, Edith Eva • Gift : 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
She was imprisoned by two words: what if. What if I’d known she was dying? What if I’d known I was about to lose her? But what-ifs don’t empower us. They deplete us.
I told Sofia, “Today you can say, ‘If I knew then what I know now, I would have done things differently.’ And that’s the end of the guilt. Because you owe it to your mom to turn that gu
... See moreEger, Edith Eva • Gift : 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
“Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.”
— Attributed to Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist
— Attributed to Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist